Recaps

Yun Zimo, Queen Medusa, Yun Shan, Gu He, and Qing Lin discovered a magma lake beneath the desert while searching for Heavenly Flames. Qing Lin awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and controlled a Double-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which revealed that the Heavenly Flames lay beneath them.

• Gu He located a route to the desert’s richest fire-attribute energy, and Queen Medusa blasted a passage through the sand for the group.
• The group dug downward through bedrock until they broke into a vast underground magma lake.
• Yun Zimo deduced that the Heavenly Flames were somewhere below the magma, but a Double-Headed Fire Spirit Snake attacked them from the lake.
• Yun Shan seized the snake, and Yun Zimo guided Qing Lin as she awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and subdued it.
• Qing Lin communicated with the snake, which told her that the Heavenly Flames were directly below them.

Gu He retrieved the Green Lotus Core Flame from the underground magma with Yun Shan and Medusa, then returned it to Yun Zimo. Yun Zimo set aside his hopes of negotiating with the Jia Ma Imperial Family and began challenging the Snake-Person Tribe’s Peak Dou Emperor elders to strengthen himself.

• Gu He, Yun Shan, and Medusa rode the Fire Spirit Snake through the magma and reached the Eight-Leaf Green Lotus holding the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Gu He carefully severed the Green Lotus from its roots and brought the lotus platform back with Yun Shan and Medusa.
• Yun Zimo handed the Green Lotus Platform to Yun Zimo, and Qing Lin recalled the Double-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to her wrist.
• Yun Shan warned Yun Zimo that negotiating with the Jia Ma Imperial Family would give it an excuse to declare war on the Snake-Person Tribe, so Yun Zimo abandoned the plan for now.
• Yun Zimo chose to resume his challenges in the Snake-Person Holy City, and Medusa summoned the Four Great Elders to serve as his training partners.
• Medusa forced the Four Great Elders to their knees, while Yun Zimo realized she was using the training request to discipline them and looked forward to the fight.

Yun Zimo crossed into other nations while suppressing his cultivation to rebuild his foundation, defeating robbers and challenging dangerous fighters along the way. He became a folk hero, regained the Dou Wang realm, and set his sights on the Black-Corner Region.

• Yun Zimo crossed out of the Jia Ma Empire, suppressed his cultivation, and began rebuilding his strength in a frontier town.
• Yun Zimo defeated the Poison Wolf Mercenary Group and killed its leader, an outer disciple of the Golden Goose Sect.
• The Golden Goose Sect launched a manhunt as Yun Zimo left the empire and continued traveling south, testing himself against local experts and factions.
• Yun Zimo's deeds inspired a lasting folk legend about a black-robed messenger who defended the oppressed.
• Yun Zimo regained the Dou Wang realm and declared that the Black-Corner Region would be his final stop.

Yun Zimo rescued Ren Xia and the Xia Lan members from the Black Skull Tomb, then learned how Ren Xia had built Xia Lan into an organization inspired by him. After the Black Skull Tomb came to Jiuling Palace seeking revenge, Yun Zimo prepared to face them with Ren Xia and the others.

• Yun Zimo heard that Xia Lan was under attack and hurried northeast in disguise to find them.
• Ren Xia and the Xia Lan members were nearly overwhelmed by two Dou Wang and the Black Skull Tomb’s forces, so Ren Xia tried to sacrifice himself.
• Yun Zimo stopped Ren Xia’s self-destruction, defeated the two Dou Wang, and helped the surviving Xia Lan members escape.
• Ren Xia welcomed Yun Zimo to Jiuling Palace and explained how Yun Zimo’s teachings had inspired him to found Xia Lan.
• A Da Dou Shi reported that the Black Skull Tomb had arrived at Jiuling Palace, and Yun Zimo led Ren Xia and the others out to confront them.

Yun Zimo led the Xia Lan Order in destroying the Black Skull Tomb and killed its Dou Emperor master, Ku Lou, establishing the Order in Black Skull City. As factions across the Black-Corner Region reacted to the news, Yun Zimo reached Dou King Great Perfection, bringing the Dou Emperor realm within reach.

• Yun Zimo and the Xia Lan Order confronted the Black Skull Tomb at Jiu Ling Cliff, where both sides’ fighters clashed while Yun Zimo faced Ku Lou.
• Yun Zimo defeated and killed Ku Lou with his sword techniques, then killed a Dou Spirit who called for revenge and forced the Black Skull Tomb’s fighters to surrender.
• Yun Zimo sealed the strongest captives, including Half-Ghost, and flew to Black Skull City; a day later, news spread that the Xia Lan Order had wiped out the Black Skull Tomb and taken the city.
• Su Qian learned that Lan Fengzi was Yun Zimo and decided to send congratulations, while the young master in Feng City dismissed Ku Lou’s death and Fan Lao vowed to visit his fallen friend.
• Yun Zimo cultivated in Black Skull City and reached Dou King Great Perfection, with the Dou Emperor realm now within reach.

Yun Zimo swallowed an Emperor-Breaking Pill and began his breakthrough to Dou Emperor while factions gathered in Jiuling City to stop him. As Jia Nan Academy elders held off the attackers, Yun Zimo emerged from his seclusion and effortlessly subdued Wu Nao, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yun Zimo took the Emperor-Breaking Pill and began breaking through, while Ren Xia and his men guarded him and Fan Lao secretly prepared an ambush.
• Elder Lin agreed to protect Yun Zimo, and Han Beng gathered four Dou Emperors to attack him as other faction leaders withdrew.
• After nearly fifteen days, Yun Zimo's aura reached its peak and a blue-white tornado burst from his seclusion as he neared the Dou Emperor realm.
• Fan Lao and the other attackers struck, but Qi Yan and Jia Nan Academy elders intervened to protect Yun Zimo.
• Wu Nao broke through the defenders and attacked the tornado, but Yun Zimo appeared and struck him down with one hand while Ban Lao fled.

Yun Zimo defeated four Dou Emperors in the Black-Corner Region, killing Fan Lao and Ban Lao while the other two survived gravely wounded. After Su Qian warned him about the region’s hidden power balance, Yun Zimo received the information he had requested and discovered it concerned a Soul Hall Protector.

• Fan Lao fled while Yun Zimo’s three forms pursued the retreating enemies; Yan died in a fiery explosion, and Fan Lao’s soul was captured near Feng City.
• Yun Zimo’s true body and avatar overwhelmed Ban Lao, and Yun Zimo killed him with his new sword technique, Within My Dao.
• News of Yun Zimo’s battle against four Dou Emperors spread, while Jia Nan Academy secured key assets from the defeated factions and other powers protested.
• Su Qian revealed that he had restrained the Dou Zongs and warned Yun Zimo not to upset the Black-Corner Region’s balance.
• Su Qian handed Yun Zimo an investigation file, and Yun Zimo recognized the subject as a Soul Hall Protector.

Yun Zimo learned that Wu Ying, a Soul Hall Protector, had entered the Jia Ma Empire and debated with Su Qian whether he could confront him without provoking Soul Hall. He rejected Su Qian’s offer to leave for Jia Nan Academy and instead prepared to return to the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving Ren Xia in command of Xia Lan.

• Su Qian told Yun Zimo that Wu Ying had entered the Jia Ma Empire and explained that Soul Hall’s Northwest branch was only a small outpost.
• Yun Zimo asked about capturing or killing Wu Ying, but Su Qian warned that Soul Hall would retaliate and that Jia Nan Academy could not risk a war with the Soul Clan.
• Su Qian offered Yun Zimo a recommendation letter for Jia Nan Academy, but Yun Zimo returned it, choosing to stand by the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Zimo helped Ren Xia stabilize his breakthrough to Dou Wang and praised Zero’s leader for providing information about Fan Lao and the others.
• Yun Zimo appointed Ren Xia Grand Commander of Xia Lan and gave him a robe, hat, and sword before leaving as Yun Zimo of the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yan visited Hai Bodong’s map shop in Desert City, where he found a fragment of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map and fought the Ice Emperor to obtain it. Hai Bodong gave him the map fragments after hearing about his promise, and Yun Zimo arrived to find the shop wrecked.

• Xiao Yan searched Hai Bodong’s shop for a desert map and found a fragment of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map among the dusty scrolls.
• Hai Bodong refused to sell the fragment, revealed himself as the Ice Emperor, and fought Xiao Yan in the map shop.
• Xiao Yan used his Purple Cloud Wings and pale white Heavenly Flame to defeat Hai Bodong and freeze him inside a pillar of ice.
• Xiao Yan offered pills and compensation, then explained that he had a promise to fulfill and someone to catch up to.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yan two map fragments, and Yun Zimo arrived at the wrecked shop and recognized him.

Yun Zimo revealed that Die might be revived if Medusa underwent bloodline reversion, and Hai Bodong agreed to help with the dangerous ritual. The group then sought a way to break Hai Bodong’s seal, and Yao Lao appeared with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, offering to refine the Break Calamity Pill.

• Yun Zimo told Hai Bodong that Die’s soul might be restored if Medusa became a Heaven-Swallowing Python, and Hai Bodong agreed to assist with suppressing the Heavenly Flame.
• Yun Zimo recruited Xiao Yan and Yao Lao to help with Medusa’s bloodline reversion, while Yao Lao decided to risk being discovered for a chance at a Heavenly Flame.
• Medusa said she could no longer undo Hai Bodong’s seal, so Hai Bodong showed Gu He the Break Calamity Pill formula.
• Gu He judged that the pill required a seventh-rank alchemist and admitted he could not confidently refine it.
• Yao Lao arrived in a Black Robe and offered to refine the pill, revealing his Bone Spirit Cold Flame to the group.

Yao Lao refined a Break Calamity Pill for Gu He, then helped Hai Bodong break the Snake Seal and regain his Dou Emperor strength. With preparations complete and Medusa agreeing to give Xiao Yan the Green Lotus Core Flame if her evolution succeeded, she began evolving above the Ice Spirit Cold Spring.

• Yao Lao used the Black Demon cauldron to refine a Break Calamity Pill, which Xiao Yan delivered to Gu He.
• Gu He praised Yao Lao’s skill and went to report the successful refinement to Yun Zimo.
• Hai Bodong used the purple light to drive out the Snake Seal, absorb its half-flood-dragon form, and restore his Dou Emperor strength.
• Yao Lao offered two Dou Ling Pills and one Dou Emperor Pill for the Green Lotus Core Flame, but Medusa agreed to hand it over after a successful evolution without taking the pills.
• Medusa transformed into her Purple Nether Flame Snake form above the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and began her evolution.

Yao Lao and Gu He helped Medusa endure the Green Lotus Core Flame as she attempted to evolve, while the Snake-People and humans waited tensely. Medusa returned as a tiny Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, and a second snake egg was discovered inside her old body.

• Gu He lent Yao Lao his soul power to help control the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Ice Spirit Cold Spring during Medusa's evolution.
• Yao Lao urged Medusa to heed her bloodline's call, then intensified the flame when her aura began to fade.
• Medusa's aura vanished, but an ancient song and a bolt of silver lightning struck her charred body as blue mist spread across the Holy City.
• A shell-like cracking sound accompanied the emergence of a tiny Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, which Yao Lao identified as Medusa reborn in her ancestral form.
• A Snake-People elder found a seven-colored snake egg inside Medusa's old body.

Yao Lao, Gu He, and Yun Zimo used a Soul Fusion Pill to awaken Medusa from her dormant state inside the Heaven-Swallowing Python. Medusa awakened and thanked them, while Yun Zimo recovered from the pain of sacrificing part of his soul power to open her soul sea.

• Yao Lao explained that Medusa had separated her second soul, leaving her dormant inside the Heaven-Swallowing Python, and the Snake-Person elder asked Gu He to help awaken her.
• Gu He offered a Soul Fusion Pill, and Yao Lao, Gu He, and Yun Zimo prepared to guide its medicinal power into Medusa's soul sea.
• Yun Zimo used a sword formed from his soul origin to pierce the soul barrier, but Medusa absorbed part of the sword and his soul power.
• The Soul Fusion Pill's power reached Medusa, and she emerged from the Heaven-Swallowing Python as a woman while Yun Zimo turned away and recovered.
• Medusa dressed herself, recalled Yun Zimo's reaction, and thanked Yao Lao, Gu He, and Yun Zimo.

Xiao Yan left the Snake-People Holy City with the Green Lotus Platform and learned from Yao Lao how much further he had to go to match Yun Zimo. Meanwhile, Medusa offered the humans a chance at peace, and Yun Yun confronted Yun Zimo about Xiao Yi Xian before agreeing not to hold it against him.

• Yao Lao explained that he had avoided leaving a soul mark on Medusa’s body and warned Xiao Yan to leave before devouring the Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Lao humbled Xiao Yan by describing prodigies from the Central Plains, while Xiao Yan reaffirmed that surpassing Yun Zimo was his real goal.
• Medusa sent an envoy to the Jia Ma Imperial Family with her decision to give the humans a chance, threatening to replace their ruler if they chose war.
• Yun Yun praised Yun Zimo’s work as acting sect master, then questioned his relationship with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yun Yun challenged Yun Zimo to a sword fight and, after he conceded defeat, agreed not to hold his love for Xiao Yi Xian against him if he promised not to pursue other women.

Yun Zimo learned that Wu Ying’s pills were made with vengeful spirits and kept them rather than letting Gu He destroy them. He also heard about Hai Bodong’s efforts for Die, and Zi Yan announced that she was ready to advance.

• Yun Zimo met with Yun Shan, who showed him a pill from Wu Ying and discussed Yun Yin’s cultivation and Yun Yun’s personality.
• Gu He discovered the pills contained vengeful spirits that could cause addiction and alter a person’s temperament, and Yun Zimo stored them for later use.
• Gu He told Yun Zimo that Hai Bodong had created an oasis for Die and was helping her emerge from a Python egg in underground magma.
• Zi Yan collected Gu He’s authorization token for more pills and told Yun Zimo and Gu He that she was about to advance.

As the Three-Year Agreement between Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan approached, the sect prepared for the confrontation while Xiao Yan reflected on his sleeping teacher. After learning the Nalan Family had no further Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva, Xiao Yan accepted an invitation to the Misty Cloud Sect and set out to attend the agreement.

• Qing Lin learned that classes and sect activities were suspended so disciples could watch the Three-Year Agreement, and Yun Zimo warned Zi Yan not to sneak down the mountain.
• Nalan Yanran told Nalan Su she would not lose, then left the Nalan Family for Misty Cloud Mountain; Nalan Jie lamented that the family had wronged Old Lin.
• Xiao Yan remembered Yao Lao's sacrifices and resolved to find a way to wake him from his deep sleep.
• Nalan Su met Xiao Yan near the Mittel Auction House and told him the Alchemist Guild might have records of ingredients similar to the Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva.
• Xiao Yan accepted Nalan Su's invitation to attend the Misty Cloud Sect's spar, then headed to the Mittel Auction House, where Hai Bodong was waiting.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in their Three-Year Agreement duel and declared that their grudge was settled. As the summit reacted to his victory and mercy, a sinister figure emerged from black mist and confronted Yun Shan.

• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong climbed Misty Cloud Mountain, where Yun Leng announced the rules and began the duel between Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought with matching six-star Da Dou Shi strength, trading weapon strikes and hand-to-hand attacks before unleashing powerful techniques.
• Xiao Yan escaped Nalan Yanran's wind-blade storm with his Purple Cloud Wings and formed a miniature Buddha Fury Fire Lotus from purple and green flames.
• Nalan Yanran launched Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill, but Xiao Yan neutralized the attack and spared her, then declared the Three-Year Agreement over and relinquished his grudge.
• As the gathered sect leaders reacted to Xiao Yan's victory, a sinister figure formed from black mist and accused Yun Shan of disappointing him.

Wu Ying attacked the gathered leaders of the Jia Ma Empire, but Yun Zimo, Yun Shan, Queen Medusa, and their allies fought back and trapped him. Xiao Yan, aided by Yao Lao and three Heavenly Flames, sealed the defeated Soul Hall Protector in a jade bottle, leaving the empire safe for now.

• Wu Ying revealed that he had controlled several clan heads and Misty Cloud Sect elders, then offered Xiao Yan and Yun Zimo a place in the Soul Hall.
• Yun Zimo commanded the Misty Cloud disciples to form the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation, while Queen Medusa and a Black Robe man joined Yun Shan against Wu Ying.
• Yun Zimo led the others in attacking the Soul Envoys and interrupting Wu Ying, while Gu He, Xiao Yan, and the Yun father and son fought the Dou Zong Soul Envoys with Heavenly Flames.
• Yun Shan, Queen Medusa, and Yun Zimo struck Wu Ying with powerful Dou Techniques, but the battered Protector unleashed chains and black fog to devour everyone on Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Xiao Yan used Bone Spirit Cold Fire, Gu He's Fire Cloud Water Flame, and his own blue flame to burn and seal Wu Ying in a jade bottle.
• Xiao Yan thanked Yun Shan and Queen Medusa, and Yun Zimo concluded that the Jia Ma Empire had gained several years to develop before the Soul Hall discovered Wu Ying's disappearance.

After the Xiao Clan was attacked and Xiao Zhan disappeared, Xiao Yan learned that his father was still alive and took responsibility for rebuilding and relocating the clan. As the Xiao Clan prepared to leave Wutan City, Yao Lao alerted Xiao Yan to a Dou Emperor battle in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where a Poison Master was present.

• Xiao Yan returned from Misty Cloud Mountain and learned that Xiao Zhan had disappeared after drawing Chu Yun Empire attackers away from the Xiao Clan.
• Hai Bodong and Yao Lao calmed Xiao Yan, while Empress Yao Ye ordered a national lockdown and the Misty Cloud Sect sent Yun Zimo and elders to the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan found the Xiao Clan’s home in ruins and received the Clan Head Jade from Xiao Ying, whose soul-light showed that Xiao Zhan was still alive.
• The Xiao Clan elders recognized Xiao Yan as young clan head, and Xiao Yan called on the clan to rebuild together.
• Xiao Yan persuaded the elders to relocate the clan to Stone Desert City, where his elder and second brothers had a foothold.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that a Dou Emperor battle had broken out in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and that a Poison Master’s aura was present, so Xiao Yan flew there after asking Hai Bodong to protect the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yan confronted the Chu Yun Empire’s attackers after learning they had taken his father and burned the Xiao Clan, while Yun Yun and Jia Ma Empire forces stopped the fleeing Poison Masters. The captured enemies revealed that the Soul Hall had masterminded the attack.

• Yun Yun delayed the Chu Yun Empire’s group in the Magical Beast Mountain Range until Xiao Yan arrived and demanded his father’s return.
• The Flower Plume Dou Emperor claimed he had thrown Xiao Yan’s father off a cliff and admitted to breaking his limbs, prompting Xiao Yan to beat him until his meridians were severed.
• Yun Zimo and Jia Xingtian trapped the fleeing attackers, but Yi Lanfen sacrificed his subordinates in a poisonous explosion and tried to escape.
• Yun Zimo pinned Yi Lanfen with his sword energy and soul sword intent as Xiao Yan and Yun Yun arrived with two captured Dou Emperors.
• The captured Poison Masters identified the Soul Hall as the mastermind behind the attack.

Yun Zimo learned that Soul Hall’s Iron Protector had likely captured Xiao Zhan, while Yun Shan proposed uniting Jia Ma Empire’s factions against outside threats. After Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy, Yao Lao’s remnant entrusted Yun Zimo with a soul technique and a message for Feng Xian, and Yun Zimo entered the conference hall to settle the alliance dispute.

• Yun Zimo told Yun Shan that Iron Protector was a Three-Star Dou Zong and suspected he had taken Xiao Zhan, but urged them to wait before targeting another Soul Hall Protector.
• Yun Shan proposed forming an alliance among Jia Ma Empire’s factions, and Yun Zimo agreed to watch the eastern region for further Soul Hall incursions.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Zimo he was returning to Jia Nan Academy and delivered a jade slip from Yao Lao.
• Yao Lao’s remnant told Yun Zimo to seek Feng Xian at Starfall Pavilion if he went to Central Plains, and gave him a fragment of the Ancient Soul Technique.
• Yun Zimo entered the conference hall amid objections to the alliance and asked whether he should take charge of punishments, silencing the attendees and settling the alliance.

Two years after the Alliance was founded, Yun Zimo dealt with the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s efforts to recruit Qing Lin. Qing Lin chose to leave for the mansion to cultivate, promising to return as a Dou Sheng and protect Yun Zimo.

• Over two years, Jia Ma Empire consolidated its power, founded the Alliance and new institutions, and grew to twenty-six Dou Emperors and two Dou Zong.
• After Soul Hall agents took part in an attack on the Xiao Clan, the Alliance moved the clan to a protected settlement near Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Zi Yan warned Yun Zimo that Lu Man of the Heavenly Snake Mansion was trying to take Qing Lin with her.
• Yun Zimo told Qing Lin that the choice was hers, and Qing Lin asked how strong she would need to become to protect him.
• Lu Man said the Heavenly Snake Mansion might help Qing Lin become a Dou Sheng, so Qing Lin agreed to go and promised to return to protect Yun Zimo.
• Yun Zimo approved Qing Lin’s leave from the Beast Taming Hall until she became a Dou Sheng.

Zi Yan persuaded Yun Zimo to take her to the Black-Corner Region, where they learned that Han Feng’s Black Alliance was expanding aggressively. At Jiuling City, Yun Zimo reunited with the Xia Lan Order and revealed to Xiao Li that Xiao Yan might still be alive, then began planning a gift for Elder Yao.

• Zi Yan convinced Yun Zimo to seek leave from Yun Yun and travel with her to visit the academy; Yun Yun gave Yun Zimo a Unity Knot before they departed.
• While crossing the Black-Corner Region, Yun Zimo and Zi Yan heard that Han Feng had formed the Black Alliance and was suppressing factions that refused to join.
• Yun Zimo and Zi Yan reached Jiuling City, where the guards stopped them for lacking residence permits until Ren Xia recognized Yun Zimo as the Xia Lan Order’s Great Commander.
• Ren Xia showed Yun Zimo the Order’s nine halls, including Zero’s Ninth Hall, where Xiao Li had become a feared assassin and a Dou Wang after Xiao Yan’s apparent death.
• Yun Zimo told Xiao Li that Xiao Yan was not dead, restoring a spark of hope in him, and decided to prepare Han Feng as a grand gift for Elder Yao.

Yun Zimo returned to Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan and visited the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower, where he sensed a life force beneath it and warned the elders. After watching Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya spar, he reflected on his own cultivation and reached the late Spirit Realm.

• Zi Yan surprised Su Qian by returning to the academy and told him Yun Zimo had gone with Elder Lin to the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower.
• Yun Zimo admired Xiao Yan’s statue and learned from Elder Lin about Xiao Yan’s deeds and the academy’s precautions around the tower.
• Yun Zimo sensed a life force beneath the tower and warned Elder Lin, who decided to report it to Su Qian.
• Yun Zimo disguised himself as a student and watched Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya spar in the arena.
• Yun Zimo reconsidered his comparisons with other cultivators, and his soul realm advanced to the late Spirit Realm.

Yun Zimo used his intelligence network to plan the Black Alliance’s collapse and prepare the Misty Cloud Sect’s eventual expansion into the Central Plains. Meanwhile, Mo Tianxing joined Han Feng’s alliance to secure pills for his son, while quietly keeping ties with Xia Lan as a safeguard.

• Yun Zimo received intelligence from Lin Xiuya and advised him to abandon his old sword techniques and train at the waterfall on Jiuling Mountain.
• Yun Zimo decided to bring the Black-Corner Region under control, investigate the Soul Hall’s western operations, and later advance into the Central Plains.
• Yun Zimo marked factions such as the Rakshasa Gate and Mad Lion Gang as targets to win over, and planned for Ren Xia and Lin Xiuya to weaken the Black Alliance from within.
• Yun Zimo questioned why Mo Tianxing’s Black Emperor Sect had joined Han Feng’s Black Alliance while Demon Flame Valley remained inactive.
• Mo Tianxing agreed to support the Black Alliance in exchange for pills to help his son Mo Ya advance, but kept his ties with Xia Lan as a backup plan.